Purushottama-samhita [sanskrit]

15,643 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Purushottama-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. Topics include the construction of temples, architecture, iconography, festivals (celebrations of deities and their exploits). Alternative titles: Puruṣottamasaṃhitā (पुरुषोत्तमसंहिता), Purushottamasamhita, Purusottamasamhita, Purusottama, Puruṣottama-saṃhitā (पुरुषोत्तम-संहिता), Śrīpuruṣottamasaṃhitā (श्रीपुरुषोत्तमसंहिता), Shripurushottamasamhita, Shripurushottama Sripurusottamasamhita, Sripurusottama.

Verse 20.12

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पिंडिकायां श्रियं ध्यात्वा आहतेनैववाससा ।
प्रच्छाद्यचास्त्रं विन्यस्य द्वारेद्वारे यथाविधि. ॥ 12 ॥

piṃḍikāyāṃ śriyaṃ dhyātvā āhatenaivavāsasā |
pracchādyacāstraṃ vinyasya dvāredvāre yathāvidhi. || 12 ||

The English translation of Purushottama-samhita Verse 20.12 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:
Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (20.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pindika, Shri, Shriya, Dhyatva, Ahata, Vasas, Pracchadya, Tra, Vinyasya, Dvara, Yathavidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Purushottama-samhita Verse 20.12). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “piṃḍikāyāṃ śriyaṃ dhyātvā āhatenaivavāsasā ”
piṇḍikāyām -
piṇḍikā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
śriyam -
śriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śriya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śrī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

śrī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
dhyātvā* -
dhyātvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
āhatenai -
āhata (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

āhata (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vāsasā -
vāsas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “pracchādyacāstraṃ vinyasya dvāredvāre yathāvidhi. ”
pracchādya -
pracchādya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pracchādya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pracchādya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cās -
ca (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tram -
tra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

trā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vinyasya -
vinyasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vinyasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dvāre -
dvāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dvāra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
dvāre -
dvāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dvāra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
yathāvidhi -
yathāvidhi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

Last Updated: 19 September, 2021